Search for an item and see which Danish waste category it should be sorted into. Try pizza box, coffee filter or battery.
Chocolate box should be sorted as:

Cardboard
If the cardboard box is clean and dry
Pap

Plastic
If there is a separate plastic tray
Plast

Residual waste
If the cardboard box is wet or soiled with food residue
Restaffald
Separate the parts of the chocolate box. The clean, dry cardboard box goes with cardboard, and a removable plastic tray goes with plastic. Wet cardboard or cardboard soiled with food goes in residual waste.
If your municipality does not collect this category at your home, you can do this.
Alternative: Municipal recycling centre, local collection point or shared collection station. Do not automatically use residual waste.
Alternative: Municipal recycling centre, local collection point or shared collection station. Do not automatically use residual waste.
There is no general substitute category. The municipality must provide a residual-waste scheme; contact it if you cannot access one.
Mit Affald helps you understand waste sorting in Denmark, whether you need to look up a single item, read about a waste category or find local information for a municipality.
Use the search field above to see how an item should be sorted, browse the main Danish waste categories, find municipality contact details and local waste rules, or locate recycling centres across Denmark.
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